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Adviser stole £30k from vulnerable clients before fleeing to Portugal

A financial adviser has narrowly escaped prison after stealing £30,000 from a vulnerable widow and her disabled son before fleeing to start a new life in Portugal.

John Dickinson worked for mutual Foresters Life and had been Annie Petherick and her son Andrew's financial adviser for 18 years before he started his swindle, according to the Western Morning News. ...